The Summit School District Board of Education held a special meeting Wednesday night to finalize plans for its interim superintendent selection process.
In consultation with Randy Zila, the board’s contact with the McPherson and Jacobson executive recruitment firm, the board finalized the timeline as follows:
May 6-21: Applications will be accepted for the interim superintendent position.
6 p.m. May 24: The board will hold an executive session to review applicant resumes and letters of interest. Both documents are confidential until finalists have been chosen, Zila said at the meeting.
4:30 p.m. June 14: The board will conduct public interviews with finalists for the position and make a decision on whom to select.
Breckenridge will not bring back Walkable Main, the pedestrian-only Main Street concept that sprung up last summer. The Breckenridge Town Council voted unanimously Tuesday, April 27, to not reinstate the walkway.
Community Development Director Mark Truckey explained in a memo to council that there have been numerous inquiries on whether the town would bring back Walkable Main. The town recently surveyed residents and businesses, asking for feedback about the concept. Results favored reintroducing the pedestrian walkway with 86% of residents and 83% of businesses that responded supporting the return of Walkable Main.
Mayor Eric Mamula countered the results of the survey by stating that there were a lot of conditions listed along with people’s support of the concept. Council members also brought up several concerns associated with the walkway, including traffic, safety and economic equity.
The Summit School District Board of Education will interview three candidates for a vacant school board seat at its May 13 public meeting.
The school board will interview applicants Johanna Kugler, Phyllis Raynor and Lisa Webster. The district said in an April 26 memo to the school board that the three represent the only applicants qualified for the position due to the requirement to be a registered voter for at least one year within the district. Seven people applied.
In her letter of interest submitted to the board Kugler a Dillon Valley resident and mother of three Dillon Valley Elementary students said her experience and expertise in early-childhood education would benefit the board.
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At Monday’s meeting, the board voted 4-2 to work with a search firm to hire an interim superintendent for the 2021-22 school year. Board members Chris Alleman, Tracey Carisch, Kate Hudnut and Gloria Quintero voted in favor of the motion while Consuelo Redhorse and Isabel Rodriguez voted against. At an April 15 school board meeting, Alleman, Carisch and Hudnut voted not to enter negotiations with Smith to extend his contract following the conclusion of his one-year term at the end of June. Quintero, Rodriguez and Redhorse voted in support of keeping the superintendent.
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